MR22A
Matter in Planetary Interiors: Insights from High-Pressure Experiments, Computational Advances, and Extreme Petrology III

Tuesday, 15 December 2015: 10:20-12:20
301 (Moscone South)
Primary Conveners:  Marius A Millot, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States
Conveners:  Sebastien Merkel, Université de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France, Dipta B Ghosh, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States and Susannah M Dorfman, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
Chairs:  Taku Tsuchiya, Ehime University, Geodynamics Research Center, Matsuyama, Japan, Dipta B Ghosh, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States and Susannah M Dorfman, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Dipta B Ghosh, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
10:20
Magnesium solubility in metallic iron during core formation (Invited) (63212)
James Badro1, Julien Siebert1 and Francis Nimmo2, (1)Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France, (2)University of California-Santa Cruz, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
10:35
“Real-time” core formation experiments using X-ray tomography at high pressure and temperature (Invited) (76986)
Heather C Watson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States
10:50
In-situ Density and Thermal Expansion Measurements of Fe and Fe-S Alloying Liquids Under Planetary Core Conditions (83088)
Zhicheng Jing1, Julien Chantel1, Tony Yu2, Tatsuya Sakamaki3 and Yanbin Wang4, (1)Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States, (2)University of Chicago, Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, Chicago, IL, United States, (3)Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, (4)University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
11:20
First principles investigation of Fe and Al bearing phase H (Invited) (59712)
Jun Tsuchiya1,2 and Taku Tsuchiya1, (1)Ehime University, Geodynamics Research Center, Matsuyama, Japan, (2)Earth-Life Science Institute, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
11:35
First Principles Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Fe-Bearing Melts at High Pressure (Invited) (69899)
Bijaya B Karki, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
11:50
Effects of Composition and Iron Spin State on the Structural Transition of (Mg,Fe)CO3 in the Earth's Lower Mantle (82490)
Han Hsu and Sheng-Chieh Huang, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
12:05
Core Formation Process and Light Elements in the Planetary Core (Invited) (72515)
Eiji Ohtani1, Takanori Sakairi1, Kosui Watanabe1, Seiji Kamada1, Tatsuya Sakamaki1 and Naohisa Hirao2, (1)Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, (2)JASRI, Hyogo, Japan